12 November 2012, 10:36 am |
Enjoying a Cold Beer or Wine This Summer Could Make Kiwis More Attractive To Biting Insects
According to international research, New Zealanders indulging in a couple of cold beers or wines this festive season should consider carrying an extra bottle of insect repellent with them. Multiple studies overseas over the past decade have shown that alcohol, including beer, makes the drinker more attractive to biting insects, especially mosquitoes.
According to one recent study led by scientists at the IRD Research Centre in Montpellier, France, mosquitoes are 15 per cent more likely to fly towards humans after they have consumed a pint or two. Researchers believe the pests are attracted to odour and breath changes caused by alcohol. They added that mosquitoes could have learned to associate the beer odour with an increased lack of defensiveness against bites from boozy drinkers.....
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